Native AVCHD file support is the first thing I expected for the new iMovie. However, though iMovie'11 claims to support AVCHD structure, it's not so easy to do. Except the system requirement of Mac Osx 10.6.7 and Intel-based Core Duo processor or better, it's impossible to import the 1080 50/60P AVCHD footages recorded from Sony A57/A65 to iMovie for smoothly editing without crashing problem and avoid rendering.

If you want to import the Sony 1080 50/60p AVCHD MTS files to iMovie, the best solution is transcoding the Sony 1080 50/60P MTS file to iMovie native format, (e.g. Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) encoded .mov format). To help those who wanna edit Sony AVCHD MTS videos in iMovie smoothly, here I will throw this quick guide up on how to convert Sony AVCHD MTS to AIC and then load the encoded 1080p 60p AVCHD files into iMovie for editing.

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After the workflow, you can go to the output folder to find the converted video files. Now you are free to log and transfer or import/edit Sony A57/A65 AVCHD mts files in iMovie under Mac without problems.

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